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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Happy Birthday, Katie!

Today's my roomie's birthday. She loves all things salted caramel and all things chocolate. Like Starbuck's salted caramel hot chocolate. So when my September Cooking Light featured brownies and one of the recipes was for a salted caramel version, I knew exactly what Katie's birthday treat would be.

And here they are, with a few modifications. The largest being I baked them in an 8 inch cake pan because I wanted to be able to cut it like a slice of cake instead of the usual square pieces.

Melt better in a small saucepan over medium heat.
Add brown sugar and milk.
Cook for 3-5 minutes while stirring.
Add powdered sugar and vanilla.
Remove from heat and whisk until well blended.
Spread evenly over cooled brownies.

Combine all ingredients in a microwave safe bowl.
Microwave on high in 20 second increments, stirring between, until chocolate is melted.
Addition of a little more milk may be needed to make it drizzle-able.
Make an artsy design on the caramel topped brownies.
Sprinkle with sea salt.